{"id":260366,"date":"2026-06-09T10:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260366\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T10:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T10:29:13","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-world-cup-fever-begins-to-sweep-across-the-brooklyn-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260366\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | World Cup Fever Begins To Sweep Across The Brooklyn Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Brooklyn FC&#8217;s soccer club is giving local fans several ways to join in on the excitement of the FIFA World Cup without leaving the borough.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The club, Brooklyn&#8217;s only professional soccer team, is planning a summer full of World Cup-themed events aimed at bringing the soccer community together.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Among the planned activations are &#8220;Football Fridays&#8221; watch parties at Threes Brewing locations in Gowanus and Greenpoint, where fans can gather to watch World Cup matches throughout the tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Brooklyn FC will also take part in Downtown Brooklyn&#8217;s Soccer Village on June 17 at Brooklyn Commons Park. The event will feature watch party activities and opportunities for fans to connect with the club.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The team will host &#8220;Rep Your Country Night&#8221; on June 20 during its match against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Fans are encouraged to wear their national team jerseys and bring flags as they celebrate the global tournament.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The club says the events are designed to make the World Cup experience more accessible for fans while continuing its mission of growing the game in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Founded in 2024, Brooklyn FC features both men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s professional teams competing in the United Soccer League ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The World Cup runs throughout the summer, with Brooklyn FC planning additional watch parties and fan events leading up to the tournament final on July 19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn FC&#8217;s soccer club is giving local fans several ways to join in on the excitement of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-260366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}